Improvement in washing-machines



tlntd time new @niet ORRIN L. HART, or` M ILLVILLE, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 93,880, dated August V17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN A WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the62m9- To all whom it lmay concern Beit known that I, ORRIN L. HART, ofMillville,

It consists iu, a novel arrangement of devices, by

means 'of which soiled clothing may be easily and expedtiously cleansed.

The letter A, of the drawings, represents the washing-tub, and

rlhe letters B, two'pendulurn-beaters,'arranged and operating upon across-bar that passes through the, head of the vertical standards C, asshown.

The cover of my wash-tub is constructed in two sections, with suitableslots therein, to provide for ther movements of the beater-bars.

The letters a represent wedges, above the cover, and

Letters c, two pivoted bars, arranged to t upon the top of said wedges,and hold the same securely, and also to provide for the removal of thewedges andcover at will.

The letters E represent arms, extending from the beater-bars,respectively, towhich they are pivoted to the crank-shaft vGr,.nextmentioned.

The letter 'G represents a crank-shaft, arranged, as shown, in bearings,upon the upright standards K, that l portion of which between thestandards being bent into the form of cranks, as shown on fig. 2.

The respective endsY of shaft G, outside standards K, are constructed ina qnadrangular form, to adapt them to receive `thestaple's n, nextmentioned.

The letters wepresent staples, adapted, respectively, to t. closely uponthe s'qnare ends of shaft H. The letters'R represent levers, attached tothe stadle extended toward the right and the other toward the left, forconvenience in operating thc same.

The letter s represents a treadle, pivoted to a legy of thetub, asshown, and connected with a lever, R, by means of the rod lv, and areturn-motion secured by the spring W.

The letters y represent handles, attached to the ends of the tub toaidiu moviu'gthe saine.

suds in the tub, and actnate the beaters by means of' the levers It orthe treadle s, as may be most desirable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

a, and bars c, adapted to the slotted sectional cover, arms e, shaft G,staples u, levers R, and treadle s, con- ,In testimony that I claim theabove, I have here- DGSSBS.

ORRIN L. HART. Witnesses:

WILLIAM HoRsFALL, J oHlv HORSFALL.

ples n', as shown, one of said levers having its han- To operate mydevice, I place the soiled clothingand.

A washing-machine, having tub A, beaters B, Wedges structed,arranged,'and operating substantially as speci- `nnto subscribed myname, in the presence of two wit-

